Saint Petrus Hong Pyongju
Also known as: Peteuro Hong Byeong-Ju
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
January 31
Died
January 1, 31
Canonized
6 May 1984 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
5 July 1925 by Pope Pius XI
Biography
Saint Petrus Hong Pyongju, also known as Peteuro Hong Byeong-Ju, was born in 1799 in Sosan, Chungcheong-do, South Korea. He led an extraordinary life as a lay catechist in the apostolic vicariate of Korea during a time when Catholics faced severe persecution. Petrus Hong dedicated himself to spreading the Catholic faith in Korea, which was then a closed and isolated nation....